The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-02-23
TAKING STOCK.
Helen Campbell en- the Importance oi
:ccur:tte Accounts.
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! Helen CamIDeii en- the Importance o
.:ccur;,tc Accounts.
(Fr3.: ,:c Philadelphia "a TimcS.)
Il is a phrase familiar enough t. Tx
business man and understoodina q degree
by the feminine element il the commu
nj;tv who realize one phase at least Of it:
meaning end are aware that bargain!
MAY be regarded as It's synonym. It Is {
season when every remnant and tag la:
is place N the general account and /:
forced % do such duty as may be II
swelling thc years returns:
The !,ouseAecper, who also has her eN
rericnccs WITH tags and remnants, vii
| hy no means admit that tie same process:
has any application to her system. Or
the contrary, in spite Of cooking schools
and IN always increasing flood OF cookery
books, journals and magazines, she
clings 10 the early convictions thai
ssstocll" is one Of the popular delusions
which ,a.,ss be rcnounced # common
sense IS 20 govern life, and that soup
founded: upon stock is an cztraTagganct
to be crowned down and generally dis
courtcnanced.
'.Takc stock" said young house
keeper the other day, in ny hearing.
s:Tal; s,ock. Why don't they say take q
roc's egg or take q quart Of nishtingales
tongues? One is as easy as the other.
Where an I TO get stock, [ should like
TO know, 1nen there are only two OF us
and we only want a little meat once a
day? And if make soup that IS good
for anything it takes just as much meat
as hat dozen people. Stock IS a snare
and GelusioD. AID nobody but mil
Eonairo can afford such extravaganza.
No:Y rs remarks OF this order are con-
stantly heard, in spite of the long con
tinued demonstration of tie fact, III
books anG out, that stock is the only
solution of tie cleft over" question so
far as bones and bits OF very tough meat
are concerned, it seems well to state
again that while clear soups demand
much meat, very good ones can be made
with very little, and quite as savory ones
with no2e at all These last may bide
tLeir time, deserving really some space
by themselves, the present article giving
simply the possibilities, even where very
little meat is used.
The young housekeeper just men.
toned had thrown inio the backet OF
remnants, almost as she spoke, the
skinny end Of porter-house steak, and
the bones Of chicken stcwed the pre-
vious day, the remaining meat On which
had been utilized in salad. Rescue was
not practicable, else demonstration would
have been made then and there that a
quart Of very good stock had come to an
untimcly end at her hands. Gwen an
earthen or granite saucepan closely
covered, q steady heat and slow boiling,
barely more than a simmer, and those
rejected possibilities, put il three pints
of cold water with L teaspoontUl OF salt,
would have yie!de[; up every atom OF
iiavor and strength. The result, strained
ard set away to cool, would haze given
a small cake OF ta5, every particle rising
10 the surface ana leaving q@art OF
clear broth below. ready to take on any
uane desired. Tbs alone would hardly
6e s..vory or very noulisljnS, but adding
rice, toI ayo, q little onion, and SO on,
the combination Indefinitely varied, a
turcen OF satisfactory and well favored
soup would have been the outcome.
One OF the most savory and delicious
simple soups I ever ate had as small a
beginning, and l give its full history as
IN illustration OF what the careful house
keeper, who puts away all remnants
daintilv, can easily secure. .Ac soup
was known as the .'save-ali' soup, and 1t
began with a quart OF stock whose origin
was in lust materials as these rejected by
the less experienced housekeeper. From
the refrigerator appeared the vegetable
plate on which saw q large spoonful OF
mashed potato, little stewed turnip
and remnant Of squash. There was
also saucer Of tomato and hail q baked
apple, with a slice OF cold toast.
''Not the applet L said as one thing
followed another into the saucepan; 'you
can't mean to put in that apple?"
':One of the most perfect curcles l
ever ate owed part OF its perfection to
TWO tart apples minced tine," 1Ay friend
said calmly. "Wait and you VII see:
Now the tnlnG wants character. we VIII
mince q small onion and fry it brown IN
some OF the fat we took from the stock,
and here are three green stalks from
yesterdays celery.
l was quite silent, for this was long
before personal experience had taught
me what might be. The onion was fried
i bright brown, saltspoonful OF curry
powder was added and the "ness, " as it
seemed, simmered slowly for IN hour.
There was deepest distrust il lay mind
as it came at last to table and gazed at
the plateful before me.
st is series Of incompatibilities, . l
said, with an inward groan, but the
laws OF society prevent my throwing II
out OF the window. Here goes then"
'sIt is delicious!' [ added aloud, one
moment later, and it WAS.
Since then the friendly ";Sa7e all" has
done duty at Last once a week. Iry 1t,
faithicss nousekeeper, but remember
daintiest care is essential with all rem
nanss, which must never be kept toe
long, and that only such care renders
such methoas possible.